Atchuelinguk River

Atchuelinguk River
Country United States
State Alaska
Census Area Kusilvak
Source Nulato Hills
 - location Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
 - elevation 2,006 ft (611 m) [1]
 - coordinates 63°02′38″N 161°26′38″W / 63.04389°N 161.44389°W / 63.04389; -161.44389 [2]
Mouth Yukon River
 - location 25 miles (40 km) west of Marshall
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m) [2]
 - coordinates 61°57′30″N 162°49′38″W / 61.95833°N 162.82722°W / 61.95833; -162.82722Coordinates: 61°57′30″N 162°49′38″W / 61.95833°N 162.82722°W / 61.95833; -162.82722 [2]
Length 165 mi (266 km) [2]
Location of the mouth of the Atchuelinguk River in Alaska

The Atchuelinguk River (Yup'ik Ecuilnguq, literally "clear water"[3]) Atchuelinguk is a 165-mile (266 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] It flows southwest from the Nulato Hills through the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge to meet the larger river near Pilot Station.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Atchuelinguk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 23, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ Jacobson, Steven A. (2012). Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary, 2nd edition. Alaska Native Language Center.
  4. ↑ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 130–31. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.


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